Such a fun read! I loved the Paris setting, and I love a book surrounding books and book lovers! I love reading books like this around this time of year, and I think the timing mixed with my need for something light and smart made this story extra enjoyable for me. Thanks so much to the publisher for allowing me to read an eARC copy. I definitely recommend this book especially as a holiday read., and for fans of Elin Hilderbrand or Jenny Colgan.

Not a thinking person's romance . . . did they really say that Ridge was "uber driven" and it had nothing to do with car service? And if this guy was spending weeks in Russia, where was his visa? You can't just decide to go to Russia and stay there . . .
Why are azaleas blooming in December in Paris?
Too many questions poking holes in a Hallmark movie plot.
Anyone who loves Shakespeare and Company . . .

I received this book complimentary from NetGalley but the opinions are my own.
Oh how I want this to be nonfiction. I want to visit Once Upon a Time and go to Anouk’s shop. I want to trawl the streets of Paris for months and months. I didn’t truly like Ridge much, and certainly didn’t like him for Sarah but I loved the ending and the peace. I loved reading about Christmas in Paris and the beauty and charm it holds. Oh to have such a life. What a dream.

What a sweet story! Sarah owns a used bookshop in a small New England town, Sophie owns a bookshop on the Seine in Paris. When both seem to be having romance troubles, they decide to swap places for a few months. Chaos (and romance) ensues.

There's nothing earth-shattering here, just a nice story with a few twists and turns to keep the reader turning pages. Not too sappy, not too tragic, not too over the top HEA (happily ever after), just right for a summer beach or a wet, cold winter night. Sometimes the narrative bogs down a bit with so much descriptive text of Paris, but the "tour guide'" aspect doesn't overwelm the story, so that's OK. Recommended for fans of light romance and (of course) Paris.

You had me at "The Holiday," which is one of my favorite movies of all time! I thoroughly enjoyed this feel-good novel!

It was very hard for me to get into this book and, consequently, I didn't finish. I feel like readers probably should have read the author's Gingerbread Cafe series. The book jumps right in to this world without introducing these people very well. It seems like you're in a book two or three of a series and can feel lost at times.

I LOVE Rebecca Raisin's work! If you're in the mood for a sweet love story set in a charming corner of Europe, look no further than this book, as well as anything else she writes.

What could be more marvelous than a romance story set in Paris around Christmas time! This charming book reads well and I adored all the characters.

I truly adored reading this book by Rebecca Raising. I was worried it would be too cheesy or romance-y but it was charming and made me want to immediately book a flight to Paris. However, the ending did make me incredibly angry and want to throw the book (but I was reading on a kindle). I do not regret reading it because I so enjoyed the time although the main character did prove to be a bit of a doormat.

Sarah finds her true self in Paris. It takes some time and a lot of hard work and patience for Sarah to come into her own. It was really pretty to read the descriptions of what Paris looks like at Christmas. There is love, laughs and heartache in this book. In the end everyone gets a happily ever after. This was a great Christmas book to read and makes me want to go to Paris during that time. There are wonderful people in this book and you will fall in love with them all and Paris.



*I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review.*

The beautiful cover of The Little Bookshop on the Seine alone would have drawn me in, but a novel set in a bookshop? in Paris? Yes, Please! Just by looking at the book cover I know many of the boxes I would tick to want to read something would be met. I absolutely loved the novel, having an small town American girl on an adventure in Paris, running a bookshop there tugged at my heartstrings. I once went to Paris many years ago with my family, and I have been pining over Paris nearly every day since. I hope to go back one day and spend more time enjoying the magic and romance of one of my favorite places on Earth, if not my most favorite. I enjoyed the varied characters that make up the bookshop staff and loved seeing their stories unfold. This was a cute romance novel that ties things up around Christmas time so this is the perfect sweet romantic novel to usher in the holiday season here in the U.S. I recommend this book to dreamers, romantics, and francophiles.

A young, introverted bookshop owner from a small town in the U. S. steps out of her comfort zone to swap places with a bookshop owner in Paris, France. Having lived her life with her head constantly in books, she must embrace a new culture, new friends, and grow in self confidence. A romance with a freelance investigative reporter that began in her hometown hits some bumps.

I enjoyed the locale of this novel and its storyline. Parts of the novel seemed choppy; there were some places where the flow was not smooth. Overall, it was enjoyable, and I would be interested in other stories with these characters.

I just love Rebecca Raisin's books! This one is set in one of my favorite cities, Paris! This is the continuing love story of Sarah and Ridge. We met him and fell for him in the The Bookshop on the Corner, but fast forward... what is Ridge doing to our HEA??? He's not coming through for Sarah, and you just want him to get it together. He seems like a good guy, but our heroine cannot just sit around and wait forever. Sarah's offered the opportunity to swap bookshops with her Parisian friend. Maybe this is what she and Ridge need? Maybe she will be swept off her feet by a Frenchman? I was not sure what would happen and thoroughly enjoyed the journey.
My honeymoon was in Paris, so I enjoyed wandering it's streets and learning it's secrets as the story unfolds. Can't wait for the next book!

The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin
Source: NetGalley and Carina Press
Rating: 2½/5 stars

**MINI-REVIEW**

The Bottom Line: I read this book cover to cover but I can’t deny the struggle I had in getting from one cover to the next. The idea of this book, two bookshops owners swapping shops for a change of pace, scenery, and lifestyle, is quite lovely, and the Parisian bookshop is a wonderful setting, but I struggled to find a likeable character in this book and that is always going to be a deal breaker for me. The Parisian bookshop, Once Upon a Time is so wonderfully described, I could actually see all the rooms in my head. I just wanted all that wonderful to be populated by different characters. For example, Sarah is so painfully naïve, she borders on stupid, not a single one of the “casual” employees are respectful, considerate, or even nice, and the full-time employees (with the exception of TJ) are just awful human beings with generally bad attitudes. I finished this book because I kept (naively) hoping there would be a miraculous evolution in at least some of the characters. Unfortunately, from start to finish I was disappointed. For myself, the only redeeming quality I found in this book was the bookshop itself and that just simply isn’t enough to like and enjoy a book.

As much as I tried I just couldn’t get into this books. As I did not finish it I won’t post public review of this title.

This is a light book set in a bookshop in Paris. The characters are believable and the story as well. It made me want to rush out to Paris for the holidays.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honesty review!

I really wanted to read this book because I love stories that are set in Europe - especially France and Italy. In addition, this seemed like the perfect read for Christmas-time :). Unfortunately, while the premise of the book was promising, the execution of the story missed the mark.

The settings of the book are fantastic! I could visualize actually being in Paris and in the old-book-smelling bookshop with the main character, Sarah. However, the relationships and plot were just too contrived for me to buy in and feel compelled by the story. I needed more characterization, as well, to become fully invested.

I loved the premise of this book, but the execution fell flat in my opinion. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader’s copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I love the escape factor of this book. It was easy to get lost in the story and forget the outside world. It is a story of the search (and escape) from romance when two bookshop owners - one from a small, sleepy American town where nothing much extraordinary happens, the other from glitzy, glamorous Paris - exchange shops for a period of time. Sophie is suffering from a shattering break-up, and for Sarah, France is on her list of places to visit. When Sophie proposes a change of venue, Sarah decides it is her chance to live her life, and to be closer to her world-traveler boyfriend Ridge. Sarah's little shop and circle of friends are just what Sophie needs, but Sarah finds the adjustment to the Parisian way of life a bit more of a struggle.

The storyline is easy to follow, and it is not entirely necessary to have read the first book in the series, although it might be helpful to understand more of the backgrounds of the characters. This was an enjoyable book to read and review.